The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-07

held. at which Spies Parsons, Fielden and others
made rabd speeches. urging their hearers &c
arm themselves and be IN readiness to strike
When the Board of Trade was opened with
ceremonies April %. 1885, particularly hostile
and threatening demonstration was made by a
SociaIistc mob. and it is believed that the pres
ence of strong guard OF police alone prevented
the mob from sackng the building. During the
great streetcar strike OF July, 1885, the Social
lists and Anarchists did the utmost to incite a
riot On May the employees of misunderstanding
establishments throughout the city struck. and
thousands of idle men, not few inclined to &C
tive hostility. roamed the streets. The storm
was coming By strenuous efforts of the police
order was preserved until the afternoon OF the
Sd, when Spies made speech, and his hearers
attacked the non union employees of McCor mick 8
as they emerged from the works. Several were
killed in the ensuing fight, in which the police
took hand and many wounded.
Immediately after the attack began Spies
hurried to the Office OF the Arbeiter Zesung and
wrote and printed the celebrated Revenge"
circular in both German and English. It was
as follows:
REVENGE woRKINGMEN, TO ARMS!
Ill a;,t ss oGs .n1r an 1ne Pc
this afternoon. They Killed the poor wretches be-
supreme win OF your bosses. They killed them be-
cause they dared to ask for the shortening of the
American citizens that you must be satisfied and
eontented with whatever your bosses condescend to
allow you, you viii get killed
You have for years endured the most abject humili
ATOMS have for years suffered undesirable in
1Qu1ties; have worked yourselves to DEATH you
4 have endured the papgs of want and hunger; your
children you have sacrificed to the factory lords in
short you have been miserable and obedent slaves
to FL the Golfers of your lazy. thieving
When you ask them to lessen this burden he
sends his bloodhounds out to shoot you-kill you!
IL you are men, if you the sons of your grand
sires who have she'd their blood free you then
Will rise In your might-Hercules-and destroy the
hideous monster that seeks to destroy you To
arms! We call you to armsl Your BRoTHERs
This circular, melting murder aud pillage in
iqiu foof Of rho
evidence against Spies.
The following day, May 4. was one Of intense
excitement The Arbeiter Zeitung urged the
strikers to employ force, and the leading edito-
rial showed that the writer knew of a conspiracy
70 use dynamite against the police. Rioting oc
Cured all day in the neighborhood of McCor-
Its armory ready for service. The occasion
long sought by the Anarchists had come, and
copies of the following dodger were scattered
broadcast through the city:
ATTENTION, WORKINGMENi
Great mass-meeng tonight at 7:30 O'Clock. at the
Haymarket Randolph street. between Desplaines and
the latest atrocous acts of the police shooting of
9Sr c feowworknen gest tsF afternoon WORK
FULL FORGET! THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
After five thousand had been issued, the cow
ardly Spies struck out the last sentence, and,
thus amended, the city was flooded with them
By o'clock four thousand persons were gath
cred ut the Haymarket, but speakers ap-
peared many went homo. little before 9
o CLOCK spies, E6rSODS, fioI0Sn ana Ot06r Anar-
chist leaders appeared. Instead of speaking in
the Haymarket proper, they mounted a wagon
on Despiaines street, which would command
view of the expected approach of the police.
Spies. Parsons and Fielden spoke in the order
named, using the wagon for q rostrum- Mayor
Harrison was present at the two first speeches.
which were surprisingly mild. but when he left
Fielden began an excited harangue, telling his
hearers to throttle and kill the law" His
manner was very tragic and wrought the crowd
to terrible excitement.
in hal mo- rad IN he's VIZ
Bonfield ordered out seven companies of police,
numbering 175 men, under command of Lieu
tenants Steele, Bowler, Hubbard, Stanton,
Beard, Quinn and Penzen. He and Captain
Ward led them. The battalion marched in
platoons, extending from curb to curb north on
Despaines street, from the station to within
the police approaching and exclaimed: 'sHere
I some the olSOdhounds you do your duty and
When the police were halted at the speakers
wagon, Captain Ward called out: ''In the
name of the people of the State of
Illinois 1 command you to peaceably dis
with the remark: ave are pesceable" Many
believe this was an agreed signal However
hat may have been, an instant later the bomb
vas thrown from the mouth of the alley by
Cranes factory. 1t fell between the second
md third companies of the police and exploded
With deafening noise; which shook tine build
ngs and was heard for two miles or more
Two whole companies of police were thrown
20 the ground as one man. and nearly every man |
vas wounded by fragments of the bomb One |
J. Degan-was killed outright |
TX others were mortally wounded, and sixty |
rhers received serious and painful injuries
instantly upon the explosion of the bomb. ac-
ording to the testimony of Captain Bonfield |
md other officers, volley of shots was poured
q upon the police from the crowd on either side.
several said that Fielden himself fired several
hots. The police were paralyzed for a moment
ut quickly rallied and opened fire upon the
rowd with such effect that is broke and scat
sred in every direction. Great praise has justly
nd bravery in such unexpected and trying
It is believed that had the police
OF rallied and conquered the rioters the latter
7ould have inaugurated reign OF pillage. arson
nd murder which it would have required days
, suppress, and would have involved grsat loss
life and property.
After the street had been cleared of the riot
rs attention was turned to the victims. The
snter of the street was full of writing, moan
le men. Officer began and Socialist named
-istier were the only ones killed outright
cath, however, and their cries of pain were
Medical attendance was quickly
lmmoued, and the sufferers were removed to
ie county hospital. The police officers who
led from the effects of the bomb explosion
ere: NJ. J. Deean, J. J. Barrett, George Miller.
timothy Flanihan. Michael Sheehan, Thomas
About twenty Socialists were killed in the
ght and about one hundred and fifty wounded.
The next day the Arbeiter ZeItuns Office was
sided and Spies, Schwab and Fischer were ar
rested with others. A dynamite arsenal was
und there, together with the original copy of the
Revenge" circular in Spies's handwriting. let
r from Most TO Spies and assortment of in
ndiary literature. Fielden was arrested an
bur later. Search was made for Parsons, but
} bad fed from the city. Officers searched
amber of known resorts of Anarchists in vari-
Is parts of the city, and large quantity of
,mbs, red flags, muskets, and other articles
,lighted in by Anarchists were found Later
ngel and Lingg were arrested.
Among those arrested shortly after the Hay
arket massacre was Rudolph Schnaubelt,
echanic, working at No. 224 Washington
rect, and brother-in-law of Schwab. He was
estioned closely by the police, but little was
armed from him and he was released IL after ,
ards appeared that he was in all probability
Q man who threw the bomb. When this was
scovered he was sought for again, but had fed
Europe.
August Vincent Theodore Spies was born in
.ndeck, Hesse in 1885. His father was a
niger. Spies came to America in 1872 and to
licago in 1873, where for a number of years he
,rked as an upholstsrer. He first became in '
rested in Socialistie theories in 1875, and two t